Jonathan Pitre has been readmitted to hospital in Minneapolis after spiking another high fever.

The Russell teenager is once again a patient at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital. Doctors decided to readmit him after his temperature rose to 103 F on Monday morning — exactly one week after he was released from the same hospital.

“Jon is so bummed,” said his mother, Tina Boileau.

Tests are now being performed in an attempt to identify the source of Pitre’s latest infection. In the meantime, he’ll be given an infusion of red blood cells and platelets, along with medication to boost his production of infection-fighting white blood cells.

Pitre’s roller-coaster medical journey had taken a dramatic turn for the better in recent weeks: He was free of infections and fevers, and felt well enough to do two hours of physical and occupational therapy each day. The 17-year-old was discharged on Thanksgiving Day — five months after a stem cell transplant.

The transplant — his second — successfully took root in Pitre‘s bone marrow, but was accompanied by a raft of serious complications, including bacterial and viral infections, and kidney, liver and gallbladder issues.

Doctors expect to be able to gather more information about the state of Pitre’s gallbladder during his latest admission since he’s now tapering from steroid medication designed to reduce swelling in his body.

This summer, Pitre’s gastrointestinal system was struggling to eliminate the waste chemical, bilirubin, because of what doctors suspected was a gallbladder issue.

The family is hoping his latest admission will be a brief one.

Pitre’s stem cell transplant has the potential to dramatically improve his disease-ravaged skin and prolong his life. He suffers from a rare genetic disease, recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (EB), that is among the most painful known to medicine.

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